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Why Non-Smokers Sometimes Get Lung Cancer and How to Reduce Your Risk

Contents Changes in Lifestyle to Reduce Risk Non-Smokers Getting Lung Cancer As much as 20% of lung cancer deaths in the U.S. each year occur in people who never smoked. That’s approximately 16,000–24,000 Americans annually. If lung cancer in non-smokers were classified separately, it would rank among the top ten fatal cancers in the U.S. …

5 reasons for cancer of the lung in non-smokers – medicinenet.com

Contents Lung Cancer Medical Author: Melissa Conrad Stoppler, MD Medical Editor: Jay W. Marks, MD While smoking cigarettes is an undisputed reason for lung cancer, not every cases of cancer of the lung exist in smokers or former smokers. Every year, over 170,000 Americans develop cancer of the lung, and roughly ten percent of lung …